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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Pourquoy tournez vous vos yeux
 (Sung text for setting by C. Janequin)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pourquoy tournez vous vos yeux
Gratieux
De moy quand voulez m'occire ?
Comme si n'aviez pouvoir
Par me voir
D'un seul regard me destruire ?

Las ! vous le faites afin
Que ma fin
Ne me semblast bienheureuse,
Si j'allois en périssant
Jouissant
De votre œillade amoureuse.

Mais quoi ? Vous abusez fort.
Ceste mort,
Qui vous semble tant cruelle,
Me semble un gaing de bonheur
Pour l'honneur
De vous qui estes si belle.

Composition:

    Set to music by Clement Janequin (c1495 - c1560), "Pourquoy tournez vous vos yeux", 1557

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Why turn away your eyes", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 70

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